Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 March 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Arouca | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2017 | 36 Lion FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | Lokeren | 22 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Neftçi Baku | 69 | (4) |
2023– | Arouca | 26 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 June 2024 |
Yusuf Lawal (born 23 March 1998), nicknamed Obagol,[1] is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Primeira Liga club Arouca. [2]
Lawal is a youth product of 36 Lion FC in Lagos since 2011,[3] and gained the nickname Obagoal because of the similarity of his play to Obafemi Martins. He signed a 3+1 year contract with Lokeren in the summer of 2017.[4] Lawal made his professional debut for Lokeren in a 3-0 Belgian First Division A win over Eupen on 14 April 2018.[5]
On 16 July 2020, Lawal signed a 2+1 year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Neftçi PFK.[6] [7] Yusuf Lawal scored his last goal against Sabah FK in a match played in Azerbaijan Premier League on August 20, 2022. [8] [9] [10]
Lawal was called up to a training camp for the Nigeria national under-23 football team in preparation for the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, but did not make the final squad.[11]
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